Argentine president-elect taps ex-central banker as finance minister


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  • Thursday, 26 Nov 2015

Argentina's President-elect Mauricio Macri (C) leaves after meeting with outgoing president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, November 24, 2015, in this handout courtesy of the Cambiemos (Let's Change) coalition. REUTERS/Let's Change/Handout via Reuters

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri named former JP Morgan executive and ex-central bank chief Alfonso Prat-Gay his finance minister on Wednesday in a sign that he will move quickly to restore the bank's autonomy and free up the economy.

Macri, who won Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, named several former businessmen who are deeply critical of outgoing President Cristina Fernandez's interventionist policies to key Cabinet positions.

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